Lu family's daughter-in-law

Chapter 6 Lu Cheng Wants to Marry
The sun is rising higher and higher, the snow on the ground is shining with crystal light, and the breeze brings a chill, which is cold and refreshing.

In front of him was Baihe Town. At the intersection, there was a man in a green shirt, tall and straight, standing facing the donkey cart, as if he was waiting for someone.

Nanny Li recognized that it was Li Jinbao, her third son. She came up childishly, hid on Ningxiang's side on purpose, shrank her neck and said, "Ningxiang lowers his head, let's scare him when we get close." The third child's mule cart went home, and the third son would never have imagined that she would be in another cart.

Ning Xiang laughed silently, listening to Nanny Li, shrank her body, and tilted her head towards the back of the car.

This joyful atmosphere infected Lu Cheng, he flicked his whip, and the donkey cart moved faster, but as the distance got closer, Lu Cheng was puzzled when he saw the man's clothes at the intersection clearly.This man was wearing silk and satin clothes. No matter how rich Baihe Town is, it is just a small town. He came out to pick up his mother, why did he dress up like it was Chinese New Year?

They were both men, and Lu Cheng quickly understood what the other party was thinking.

He looked back at Ningxiang.

The little girl tilted her head backwards, and he only saw half of her fair face and the corner of her raised mouth.

The two should be very familiar, right?Perhaps, Nanny Li's son was not wishful thinking?
For some reason, the relaxed mood just now disappeared, Lu Cheng pursed his lips, and at this moment, he suddenly smiled again.

So what if people are in love with each other, what has it to do with him?

The gray donkey wagged its tail as it walked. Lu Cheng's eyes were attracted by the donkey's tail, but as he got closer, he still couldn't help looking at the people on the side of the road. He saw that the other person's appearance was quite upright, with a slightly dark face. Han Jiner looked at the distance foolishly and turned a blind eye to his donkey cart, Lu Cheng shook his head and stopped the donkey cart just in time.

Only then did Li Jinbao turn to the donkey cart.

"You silly boy!" Nanny Li laughed loudly, raised her head from Ningxiang's side, and looked at her son cheerfully.

"Mom!" Li Jinbao was very pleasantly surprised. He ran to the donkey cart in a few steps, and while helping his mother carry the burden, he asked her strangely, "Why didn't you take Guo Laosan's car today?" It smells good.

"Brother Li." Ning Xiang also got out of the car with Nanny Li, stood still and greeted Li Jinbao with a smile.

She stood there pretty, her cheeks were white and rosy like a red plum blossom, Li Jinbao's palms were sweating nervously, and he stammered: "Ningxiang, you, why do you seem to have lost weight?"

Pei Jinghan is the only man that Ningxiang often deals with. Although she has lived her whole life, Ningxiang only lived to be 15 years old in her previous life. many.At this time, Li Jinbao's eyes were warm but pure and simple, without the aggressive desire that Ningxiang had learned from Pei Jinghan, and coupled with Li Nanny's relationship, she regarded Li Jinbao as her elder brother from the bottom of her heart, so naturally she didn't notice Li Jinbao's intentions.

"Is there?" Ning Xiang didn't want to mention that she had just recovered from a serious illness, so she smiled perfunctorily.

Of course, Nanny Li knows her son, Ningxiang is so beautiful, it is rare for a young man to fall in love with her, but seeing how much the son loves Ningxiang Suyue, it is obvious that he wants to accept her, Nanny Li has nothing to do about it, I just hope my son doesn't get into too much trouble.

She took her son and introduced Lu Cheng to him.

Li Jinbao looked at the tall and handsome man in coarse clothes in front of him, and then at Ning Xiang, thinking that the two of them would be alone for more than ten miles, he frowned, fearing that Ning Xiang would be bullied.

But Nanny Li didn't give her son a chance to talk nonsense, she looked at the sun and urged Ningxiang to get in the car, "Okay, let's go first, you guys continue on your way, and we will go back together tomorrow afternoon." She said The old man in the mansion has one more month's leave than the little maids. Before, the two of them just went home together, but now that Ningxiang has Suyue's leave, she can take a car when she goes back.

Ning Xiang nodded, got back into the donkey cart, sat still, and waved to Madam Li and his wife.

Nanny Li gave her a loving smile back, and continued to stand for a while before dragging her son away, reminding him for who knows how many times, "Ningxiang may not be able to leave the house, you should give up as soon as possible, I really don't mind dressing like this." Being laughed at!" Ning Xiang simply couldn't see it.

With a sullen face, Li Jinbao looked back at the donkey cart that had gone away, and begged his mother again, "Mother, our family is rich, can you help Ningxiang redeem herself? Obviously you like her too..."

"Do you think the Hou Mansion is for you to enter and leave as you please?" Nanny Li twisted her son's arm severely, glared at him and said, "You know Ning Xiangmei, isn't your son blind? Give me less." Playing foolishly, marry me a daughter-in-law as soon as possible this year..."

The two women walked and quarreled all the way, talking mostly about Ning Xiang, but Ning Xiang knew nothing about it.

She was still sitting in the previous position, but without Nanny Li beside her, and without Nanny Li talking to him, the car suddenly became deserted, only the sound of the wheels crushing the snow, creaking.Peeking at the straight back of the man in front of her eyes, Ning Xiang felt a little uncomfortable when she was alone with a strange stranger for the first time.

"You go home once a month?" After a moment of silence, Lu Cheng asked, looking ahead.

Seeing that he didn't look back, Ning Xiang relaxed a little, and hummed lightly.Well, it's over, and felt that her attitude was a little cold, Ning Xiang quickly said: "It's lucky to meet you this time, otherwise we would have to squeeze in the car with those people." Madam Li thanked him, but she hasn't thanked him yet.

Lu Cheng smiled, "Our neighboring village should give you a ride."

Everything is difficult at the beginning, but now that it is beginning, Ningxiang completely treats the other party as a villager, and asked him curiously, "Fucheng is so far away, why don't you go to our northern town to sell firewood? The price should not be much different, go to Fucheng , Yinshi will have to get up?" There is a town in the north of the two villages, only six miles apart.

Her voice was soft, the best that Lu Cheng had ever heard, and finally he couldn't help but look back at her.

Ning Xiang suddenly realized that she had talked too much, her face blushed, and she hastily lowered her head.

If people want to go to Fucheng, they can go to Fucheng. Why does she ask so many questions?
Her thoughts were all written on her face, Lu Cheng smiled and said: "My third uncle lives in Fucheng, I have something to ask him, so I bought firewood to sell by the way."

Ningxiang suddenly realized, but because of the embarrassment just now, she didn't want to say any more.

She didn't say anything, Lu Cheng thought of her sweet smile at Li Jinbao, and asked casually: "How many years have you been in the Hou's mansion? What are your plans in the future? Be a maid all the time, or save money to redeem yourself?"

This girl was beautiful and soft-tempered. Lu Cheng couldn't deny that he was a little tempted. It's not that the nearby villages didn't have good-looking girls, but she was the first person who made him want to approach her, so he wanted to ask clearly.If she always wanted to be a maid, he could only give up. If she wanted to redeem herself, he wanted to try.

She thought about getting married in her heart, but her tone was very casual.

To redeem one's body is to restore one's good status. Being a maid might lead to a rich life, but one's status is low.

Ning Xiang was afraid that she would be misunderstood by the villagers, and she would be willing to be lowly, so she pinched the corners of the oil paper and lowered her eyes: "I want to redeem myself, my brother is too young, I want to go home and take care of him, but I'm not sure when I will be able to leave the house , and please don’t tell others, otherwise it will reach the ears of the master, and I’m afraid he will be unhappy.”

He redeemed himself and went home to raise his younger brother.

Sure enough, she was not the kind of maid who was fascinated by wealth and only wanted to be an aunt or marry a steward.

Lu Cheng stared at her soft side face, liked her more and more, and tentatively asked: "Where do you work in the Hou Mansion? The people above are not easy to talk to?" Li Nanny chatted so much, but she didn't mention Ningxiang's errand.

Ning Xiang pursed her lips.

Last year, when she became Pei Jinghan's first maid, there were gossips in the village that she could be an aunt. She didn't want people from other villages to misunderstand her.

"The people in the mansion are very kind, but it takes time to train the maids. They will have to find new ones after I leave. They will be dissatisfied to some extent." She deliberately vagued the past, lest he doubt or ask questions, Ning Xiang tried her best to look up naturally. At the beginning, I asked him with a smile, "Did you buy chestnuts for your sister?"

She deliberately changed the topic, and Lu Cheng cooperated: "Yes, she is greedy and begged me several times last night."

"Kids are like this." He didn't turn his head away, and Ningxiang still didn't have the courage to keep looking at him, then lowered her head, pretending to check whether the oil paper bag was tightly tied, "By the way, Anan is only ten months old, you Don’t feed him directly, it’s better to boil them and mash them into mud before feeding him, feed them one at a time, and then feed them every few days, chestnuts are good for people, eating too much is not good.”

Gentle and able to take care of children, Lu Cheng looked at the little girl sitting there, and suddenly had an urge to drag her home to be his wife.

But just think about it.

Looking away, Lu Cheng sincerely praised: "Thank you for reminding, Amu is lucky to have such a good sister like you."

After helping someone, Ning Xiang pursed her lips and smiled.The sun above her head was warm and warm, and it felt very comfortable when it fell on her body. She looked at the man on the seat and said softly, "I'll take a nap first, and you'll call me when we're almost here?" She said it in advance so that his questions would not be answered. , thought she was being rude.

She spoke softly, unintentionally expressing her trust in him, Lu Cheng's voice softened, "Okay."

There was no movement behind him, and after walking for a while, Lu Chengcai turned around, and saw her sleeping with her bag on her knees, her face facing outwards, her petite silhouette, which aroused pity.

His heart softened suddenly, as if it was his daughter-in-law, and the two had just returned from visiting relatives.

Lu Cheng took a second look, and then drove the donkey cart steadily so as not to jolt her.

Ningxiang had just recovered from a serious illness, and she was indeed prone to sleepiness, but sitting and sleeping was uncomfortable, and she woke up three or four miles away from Liuxi Village.When I opened my eyes, I recognized the familiar country road. The snow fell even more heavily on the side of my house, and the field was completely white.

The snow in the middle of the road was compacted by footprints and car tracks, and the snow on both sides was as fresh as before. The poplar trees had lost all their leaves, and the top twigs seemed to be about to pierce the clear blue sky above.

Silent and ethereal.

Ningxiang maintained her dozing position, looking greedily at the snow scene in her hometown. For a while, the merchant ships heading south, the icy river water, the figure playing on this road when she was a child, and the little brother in her arms were in her mind. body.

The donkey cart stopped suddenly.

Ning Xiang turned her head in surprise, the tears in her eyes suddenly fell because of this action.

Lu Cheng froze in front of the seat.

He was approaching Liuxi Village, and he wanted to wake her up. He stopped because before waking her up, he wanted to sneak a look at her sleeping face, so he jumped off and turned around without thinking, and she turned around too, with beautiful almond eyes Tears rolled down, quiet and sad without knowing it, like a helpless child.

Lu Cheng thought he was good at dealing with people, but he didn't know what to say when facing her like this.

Ning Xiang knew that she had lost her composure, she quickly lowered her head, rubbed her eyes and smiled awkwardly: "Just now the wind blows sand in..."

"There's a lot of wind at home." Lu Cheng didn't want to embarrass her, followed her words, suppressed his confusion, and pretended to check the rope on the donkey, "There are a few people at the intersection ahead, look Is it here to pick you up?"

Ning Xiang was overjoyed, and looked around.

This road runs north-south, and there is a fork in front of it. When Ningxiang takes Guo Laosan's car, she gets off there, and then walks west along the path, and she will be home in about fifteen minutes.At this moment, there were indeed three figures standing on the west side of the fork, one shorter than the other, like a ladder.

Ningxiang laughed through tears, knowing that it was her family members, cousin Xu Huai, cousin Xu Qiuer, and her younger brother Amu.

(End of this chapter)